{"id":146,"date":"2012-07-04T08:57:51","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T15:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/?p=146"},"modified":"2012-07-04T09:00:34","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T16:00:34","slug":"stage-4-recap-stage-5-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"Stage 4 Recap, Stage 5 Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I mention to my friends that I enjoy watching bike racing on TV, they constantly clown on me and claim it&#8217;s not a real sport like football and they state that the racers are wimps. Well, yesterday I mentioned a few crashes that occurred. Here is the fallout from those crashes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Kanstantsin Sivstov<\/em> (out) &#8211; Broken Tibia<\/li>\n<li><em>Jose Joaquin Rojas<\/em> (out) &#8211; Broken Collarbone<\/li>\n<li><em>Maarten Tjallingii<\/em> (out) &#8211; Broken Hip<\/li>\n<li><em>Tom Danielson<\/em> &#8211; Separated Shoulder<\/li>\n<li><em>Pablo Urtasun<\/em> &#8211; Slight Concussion<\/li>\n<li><em>Giampaolo Caruso<\/em> &#8211; Chest Contusions (flew over handlebars into barbed wire fence)<\/li>\n<li><em>Koen De Kort<\/em> &#8211; Thumb<\/li>\n<li><em>Philippe Gilbert<\/em> &#8211; Shin Gash<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No one in the NFL would finish the game they started after an injury like a separated shoulder, a concussion\u00a0(which the NFL won&#8217;t allow them to continue after), or the injury Philippe Gilbert sustained.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147\" style=\"width: 612px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/GilbertInjury.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-147\" title=\"GilbertInjury\" src=\"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/GilbertInjury.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"816\" srcset=\"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/GilbertInjury.jpg 612w, http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/GilbertInjury-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philippe Gilbert&#8217;s shin gash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure that I wouldn&#8217;t be able to ride my bike the day after this happened but this is what sets the pros apart from the recreational riders.<\/p>\n<p>You may view how the intermediate sprint went down yesterday <a href=\"http:\/\/video.tvguide.com\/Latest+sports\/Cavendish+and+Van+Hummel+exchange+words\/10589128\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Notice how easily Cavendish dusts the field and how upset he gets at their attempt to block him in.<\/p>\n<p>During Stage 4, Mark Cavendish again proved that he was the fastest man on 2 wheels when he beat Matthew Goss, Mark Renshaw and Peter Sagan at the intermediate sprint line.<\/p>\n<p>With just over 30 miles left in the stage, it began raining. This makes everyone nervous since the roads have become slick. In the end, it was just a brief shower that didn&#8217;t have an impact.<\/p>\n<p>There was a big high-speed crash within the last 2 miles as racers were jockeying for position that narrowly missed <em>Cancellara<\/em> and took out <em>Cavendish<\/em>. With the field decimated, team Lotto were able to form a lead out train for <em>Andre Greipel<\/em> which was successful despite the counter attacks from <em>Alessandro Petacchi<\/em> and <em>Peter Sagan<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/AndreGreipelStage4.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154\" title=\"AndreGreipelStage4\" src=\"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/AndreGreipelStage4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/AndreGreipelStage4.jpeg 540w, http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/AndreGreipelStage4-300x177.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andre Greipel wins Stage 4 of the 2012 Tour de France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Cavendish<\/em> would finish the stage but he looked really dejected as he casually strolled to the finish line covered in dirt, with his jersey and helmet displaying the damage.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the current standings for the jerseys:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fabian Cancellara &#8211; Yellow<\/li>\n<li>Peter Sagan &#8211; Green<\/li>\n<li>Michael Morkov &#8211; Polka Dot<\/li>\n<li>TJ Van Garderen &#8211; White<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Stage5Profile.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152\" title=\"Stage5Profile\" src=\"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Stage5Profile.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Stage5Profile.jpeg 470w, http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Stage5Profile-300x159.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stage 5 Profile &#8211; 122 miles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is a dream stage for the sprinters. Expect <em>Mark Cavendish<\/em> to get the win should he not be too banged up. If <em>Cavendish<\/em> can&#8217;t contend, look for <em>Sagan<\/em>, <em>Griepel<\/em>, <em>Goss<\/em>, or <em>Petacchi<\/em> to get the win.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow&#8217;s recap will be late as I&#8217;ll be playing in the first poker tournament I&#8217;ve played in since 2005. Wish me luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I mention to my friends that I enjoy watching bike racing on TV, they constantly clown on me and claim it&#8217;s not a real sport like football and they state that the racers are wimps. Well, yesterday I mentioned a few crashes that occurred. Here is the fallout from those crashes: Kanstantsin Sivstov (out) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[8],"tags":[10,9],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}